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Order: Anura (frogs and toads)
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta
> Metazoa (animals) >
Bilateria >
Deuterostomia > Chordata >
Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Amphibia
(amphibians)
Families of frogs found in South Africa
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Arthroleptidae (squeakers)
One genus: Arthroleptis |
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Bufonidae
(toads)
There are three genera and 17 species in southern
Africa. |
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Heleophrynidae (ghost frogs)
One genus: Heleophryne (ghost frogs) |
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Hemisotidae (shovel-nosed frogs)
One genus: Hemisus (shovel-nosed frogs) |
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Hyperoliidae (reed,
lily frogs, leaf-folding )
There are four genera in southern Africa.
Hyperolius (reed and lily frogs) Afrixalus
(leaf-folding frogs) Kassina (kassinas) Semnodactylus (Rattling Frog
Semnodactylus wealii) Leptopelis (tree frogs) |
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Microhylidae
(rain and rubber frogs)
There are two genera in southern Africa. |
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Pipidae (platannas)
One genus: Xenopus (platannas) |
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Ranidae
(ordinary frogs)
There are 12 genera in southern Africa. |
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Rhacophoridae (foam nest frogs)
One genus: Chiromantis. |
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